39th Guards Rocket Division

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39th Guards Rocket Glukhovskaya, Order of Lenin, Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Division
39-я гвардейская ракетная Глуховская ордена Ленина, Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова, Кутузова и Богдана Хмельницкого дивизия
Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel Aleksander V. Stenkin

The 39th Guards Rocket Glukhovskaya, Order of Lenin, Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Division (Russian: 39-я гвардейская ракетная Глуховская ордена Ленина, Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова, Кутузова и Богдана Хмельницкого дивизия) is a military formation of the Russian Federation. It is part of the 33rd Guards Rocket Army.[1][2]

As part of the Strategic Rocket Forces, the unit currently operates RT-2PM Topol ballistic missiles. It is garrisoned in Pashino, Novosibirsk Oblast.[2]

History

The division was formed as the successor to the

1st Guards Artillery Division in 1960, first as the 212th Rocket Brigade but later in 1961 reorganized as the 39th Guards Rocket Division.[1][3]

Since its formation the unit has operated multiple generations of missiles:

Commanders

Commanders of the 39th Guards Rocket Division[4]
No. Name From To
1 Major General Makar. Ye. Artyukh July 1960 April 1967
2 Major General Anatoly A. Aleshkin April 1967 March 1969
3 Major General Nikolai N. Ovchinnikov March 1969 November 1975
4 Major General Leonid S. Pridatko November 1975 May 1983
5 Major General Semen G. Kuldykov May 1983 July 1987
6 Major General Vladimir P. Chertkov July 1987 July 1991
7 Major General Nikolai P. Okhrimenko July 1991 November 1993
8 Major General Karim Sh. Kamalov November 1993 October 1997
9 Major General Valery M. Mazurov October 1997 June 2000
10 Lietenant General Gennady N. Privalov June 2000 June 2002
11 Major General Ivan F. Reva June 2002 August 2004
12 Major General Nikolai A. Pustovalov August 2004 May 2007
13 Colonel Nikolai K. Bratukhin May 2007 2010?
14 Colonel Aleksander V. Stenkin 2010? Present

Structure

Structure as of 1995:[1]

  • 357th Rocket Regiment
  • 382nd Rocket Regiment
  • 428th Rocket Regiment
  • 773rd Rocket Regiment
  • 826th Rocket Regiment

References

  1. ^ a b c "39-я гвардейская ракетная Глуховская ордена Ленина, Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова, Кутузова и Богдана Хмельницкого дивизия (в/ч 34148)". rvsn.info (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  2. ^ a b "39-я гвардейская ракетная дивизия (в/ч 34148)". armius.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  3. ^ "Новосибирское ракетное соединение (гвардейская Глуховская ордена Ленина, Краснознаменная орденов Суворова, Кутузова и Б.Хмельницкого ракетная дивизия)". structure.mil.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  4. ^ "39-я ракетная дивизия (г. Новосибирск)". rvsn.ruzhany.info. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
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